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In Their Footsteps

Tess Gerritsen · Tavistock Family #1

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A woman digging into her parents' mysterious deaths must trust a shadowy ex-CIA agent to survive.

Content Warnings
death of loved one

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Beryl Tavistock is searching for the truth about her parents' deaths twenty years ago, and gets pulled into a world of international espionage. Can she trust Richard Wolf, an ex-CIA agent, to help her?

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